AFF/ROGUE STATES/GENERAL

ROGUE STATES WITH WMD ARE A HUGE THREAT TO THE USA

"ROGUE STATES" WITH WMD ARE THE BIGGEST SECURITY THREAT TO THE USA

Simon Tisdall January 13, 2001 The Guardian (London) SECTION: Guardian Home Pages, Pg. 3 HEADLINE: US Military expansion: Fear of attack triggers arms build-up: Rogue states identified in attempt to boost spending //VT2002acsln

The threat posed by the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction to "rogue" states and terrorists is identified by a Pentagon report as the biggest challenge to American and global security since the end of the cold war.

LOW TECH WILL BE THE FOCUS OF SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES

JONATHAN F. REICHERT, Ph.D., is president of TeachSpin Inc., The Buffalo News

May 2, 1999, SECTION: VIEWPOINTS, Pg. 1H HEADLINE: STAR WARS REVISITED;

U.S. STILL PURSUING A TECHNOLOGICAL MIRACLE TO PROTECT IT FROM;

HARM.THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM -- IT WON'T WORK // lnu-acs

Why would a rogue state give away its hand? Low-tech is better, because it is much more difficult to trace, uses readily available components and is extremely effective.

Why not send a tramp steamer into New York or San Francisco harbor with a nuclear weapon on board, or fly a Cessna single-engine plane on remote control loaded with nerve gas over a U.S. city, or fill a truck with anthrax and send it into a city's water supply?

None of the terrorist attacks that fuel our fears have been high-tech, and none is likely to be.

THREATS FROM SO-CALLED "ROGUE" NATIONS WILL BE LOW TECH, NOT HIGH TECH

JONATHAN F. REICHERT, Ph.D., is president of TeachSpin Inc., The Buffalo News

May 2, 1999, SECTION: VIEWPOINTS, Pg. 1H HEADLINE: STAR WARS REVISITED;

U.S. STILL PURSUING A TECHNOLOGICAL MIRACLE TO PROTECT IT FROM;

HARM.THERE'S JUST ONE PROBLEM -- IT WON'T WORK // lnu-acs

Yet that answer actually is wildly illogical. Aside from our technological inability to build an effective system, the idea that a "rogue" foe would employ an ICBM is flawed at its very core. Low-tech is the way to go .

ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE MEANS SMALL COUNTRIES CAN HOLD LARGER ONES AT BAY

WILLIAM J. BROAD March 4, 2001 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel SECTION: CROSSROADS; Pg. 02J HEADLINE: Smaller cheaper, stealthier, deadlier //VT2002acsln

Welcome to the world of asymmetrical warfare, a place high on the anxiety list of military planners. In the asymmetrical realm, military experts say, a small band of commandos might devastate the United States and leave no clue about who ordered the attack.